We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

However, the two characters in the drama did not have a good ending.

When the lunch bell rang, the students who had been busy all morning finally got a chance to catch their breath. Some students who wanted to grab lunch had already packed up their things a minute or two before get out of class ended. The bell was like a starting gun; as soon as it rang, they rushed out of the classroom and surged toward the cafeteria in a dense crowd.

Chen Qiuhe was invited to dinner by her former classmates, while Li Mubai slowly put away his books and pens.

"Have you put it away?" Xie Shu asked, standing beside him.

"I've put it away." Li Mubai didn't understand why Xie Shu wanted to see him.

"Let's go then, let's go to the meeting."

Hmm? A meeting? What kind of meeting? This question arose in Li Mubai's mind, but he didn't ask it aloud. "Okay."

The midday sun was warm and comforting as Li Mubai and Xie Shu walked side by side, a subtle fragrance wafting through the air.

Li Mubai doesn't like girls with heavy makeup and lots of perfume. When they pass by him, he instinctively holds his breath until he's far away. He can't stand that smell. He prefers a light fragrance and a subtle sweetness.

He glanced at Xie Shu beside him out of the corner of his eye. Her hair was tucked behind her head, with the rest hanging down naturally at her temples. Perhaps because of the sun exposure, the tips of her ears were white with a hint of red, like agate.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, but it was not noticeable unless you looked closely.

Li Mubai lowered his head slightly, his gaze shifting downwards to the ground, unconsciously slowing his pace and falling half a step behind her.

But they hadn't gone far when they gradually became parallel again.

Li Mubai wanted to try the same trick again, but he stopped himself quickly. When they arrived at their destination, he looked up at the sign on the door—"Conference Room."

Upon entering, I found quite a few people sitting at a long table, which was very much in line with the style of the conference room. Some of the men were secretly watching the two who had just entered, or more accurately, Xie Shu.

Xie Shu found a less crowded place to sit down, and he obediently sat to her left, like her assistant, even though he was originally the vice class monitor.

The meeting had obviously not started yet. People who knew each other were chatting. Li Mubai didn't know anyone except Xie Shu, so he stared blankly at the table with his head down.

"Hey! Xie Shu, long time no see."

A male voice came from the right. Li Mubai slowly raised his head and pretended to look directly at the front of the conference table, but actually he was secretly looking around.

It was Xing Yi, who used to be in their class. I remember he had excellent grades and was ranked second in the grade for two consecutive years.

Back then, some people were into him and Xie Shu, and wrote a short essay about their relationship and posted it on the school's confession wall. However, it was boycotted by the boys. Presumably, he was assigned to the science class, and with his grades, he should have been the top student in science.

"Mm." Xie Shu nodded gently.

Xing Yi pulled out the seat to Xie Shu's right and sat down. "Xie Shu, how are you doing in the humanities class? I originally wanted to choose humanities too, but my family all wanted me to choose science, saying that I could work for them in the future. What a pity!"

"It's alright..." Xie Shu wanted to say it was alright, but paused and changed his words to "It's fine."

"Let me tell you, the male-to-female ratio in science classes is really unbalanced. Three-quarters of the class are boys, and when the weather gets hot, all you hear is the smell of boys' sweat."

"Um."

"I don't think so for humanities classes; it's probably the opposite of science classes."

"almost."

……

Li Mubai withdrew his gaze and continued to look down at the table. Listening to the conversation between the two people beside him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of anxiety mixed with a hint of bitterness, which he then suppressed.

I have no relationship with Xie Shu, and I have no right to get angry about this...

Li Mubai tried to brainwash himself repeatedly, but once his thoughts were opened, they were hard to erase. Fortunately, the students' conversation was quickly interrupted.

"Clap clap! Classmates, stop chatting for now. Let's finish the meeting quickly so we can go eat."

A petite girl clapped her hands in front of the conference table. Li Mubai remembered this girl. She was the student council president, in the same year as them, and quite cute. It seemed that quite a few students had posted confessions on the confession wall asking her to come back.

"The new students may not know me, so let me introduce myself first. My name is Xiao Qingqing, and I am the president of the student council. The students are all class monitors or vice class monitors from their respective classes. I have gathered everyone here to explain the work arrangements for this semester."

Xiao Qingqing talked a lot, but most of it was meaningless. The most practical thing she said was about mutual hygiene checks.

The students in grades 10 and 11 are required to check the cleanliness of each other's classrooms during morning reading time. Each class will check for one week, and then the next class will take over.

The two class committee members are responsible for this task. They will receive a scoring sheet, check the hygiene, and score the hygiene. This score will be one of the criteria used by the school to award the weekly hygiene red flag.

Simply put, taking the first week of teaching as an example, the two class committee members of Class 1 of Grade 11 had to go to Grade 11 to check the hygiene of each class during morning reading and then score them. In the second week, they switched to Class 2 of Grade 11 to check the hygiene of Grade 11.

With this rotation, the hygiene of the second-year students is inspected by the first-year students, while the hygiene of the third-year students is managed by the student council.

"Is there anything you don't understand? If not, starting tomorrow, the class monitors of Grade 11 (1) and Grade 11 (1) will come to me to pick up this week's grading sheets."

Xiao Qingqing paused and continued:

"One last thing: from now on, we'll have a weekly meeting every Monday at noon. Unless there's something particularly important to clarify, we'll keep it brief so as not to interrupt everyone's lunch break. Any further questions? If not, we'll call it a day."

"That's all," everyone said in unison, and then got up to leave.

"Xie Shu, wait for me." Xing Yi said as he got up, he was going to get the evaluation sheet.

Li Mubai heard it too, and he got up to leave, wanting to escape as soon as possible.

He walked out of the meeting room, glanced at his watch—12:40. The cafeteria had already closed for lunch. He gave a wry smile; it seemed he could only buy some snacks at the convenience store and head back to his dorm.

He walked quickly toward the convenience store, but someone followed behind him.

"Where are you going?" Xie Shu's voice rang out behind him.

Li Mubai turned around in surprise and said, "I'm going to the convenience store to buy some bread."

"Is there enough bread?"

"Uh... buying one more is enough," Li Mubai muttered.

Let's go to the cafeteria together.

"But..." Li Mubai wanted to say, "But didn't the cafeteria already close for the day? But didn't Xing Yi just tell you to wait for him?"

But Xie Shu didn't give him a chance to speak and turned to walk towards the cafeteria.

Li Mubai hesitated for a long time, sighed inwardly, and finally decided to follow.

The canteen at Pingyang No. 6 Middle School has three floors. The first and second floors are for students, and the third floor is for teachers.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Xie Shu didn't linger on the first or second floor, but went straight to the third floor. It was Li Mubai's first time on the third floor, and he observed it with curiosity. The environment was better than the student dining area, the facilities were better, and the food was better too...

Xie Shu led him to a window, took out a small pink and white wallet from her pocket, which had many Hello Kitty graphics on it, and took out two red tickets from it.

"Auntie, please give us two portions, and please give us less rice in each portion."

The lady at the window took the two tickets and then put two portions of rice on a plate. Xie Shu picked up the portion with less rice and gestured for Li Mubai to pick up the other plate.

"Okay, sure."

While Li Mubai was still wondering why there was only rice, Xie Shu led him to another area.

"This is a self-service restaurant; just put whatever you want on your plate."

"I see," Li Mubai nodded, then followed Xie Shu, doing whatever she did. Xie Shu glanced at him but said nothing.

After the two finished their fight, they found a place to sit facing each other. Li Mubai didn't dare to touch his chopsticks. He only started eating when Xie Shu did. He ate very carefully, afraid of making a fool of himself.

"Have you been here before?" Xie Shu suddenly asked during the meal.

"without."

"How's the food here?"

"fine."

Li Mubai thought for a moment and felt that saying only three words was too perfunctory, so he added, "They eat much better than the students."

Xie Shu didn't speak. Li Mubai lowered his head, not daring to look at her, but he suddenly heard a short, faint laugh, like the soft sound of fingertips brushing against the pages of a book, almost inaudible. He wondered if he had misheard.

"Thank you, thank you... Squad leader, I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow morning. Do you have any dietary restrictions?"

"No need, this is the stipend for the squad leader and deputy squad leader."

……

In the conference room, Xing Yi, having just received the evaluation form, hurriedly came out. Where was everyone?

He had just seen Xie Shu leave and wanted to leave in a hurry, but Xiao Qingqing insisted on stopping him and explaining the scoring rules to the first-year high school students, keeping him occupied for several minutes. How annoying!